Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  But these things were very important in the game…

  What made Dragon Sect wary was not the forces of power from America, but the Chinese server!

  Many American forces brought out a large amount of resources to exchange for weapons and armor that had already been refined as well as already made medicinal pills. The profit was incredibly impressive.

  Then, they brought those things back in exchange for more gold and resources… and the amount of trade they made was astonishing!

  The leaders of Dragon Sect gradually became worried.

  If this continued, most of the resources from America would fall in the hands of the Chinese server, and there would be a severe lack of resources in the American server. There were no high class players focusing on the occupations in the local region, and they could not provide the American server with weapons, armor, and medicinal pills.

  But pouring American resources into the Chinese server would further increase the distance between the two servers.

  At that time, once the Chinese server decided to shift their attention over to them, they would be in a very passive situation!

  *****

  A month ago, Dragon Sect finally made their decision to return to the Chinese server!

  "Did these people really come from the American server?"

  A group of elders and higher ups who heard about the news gathered at Towering Palace's headquarters. With astonished expressions, they stared at the Chinese players who fought against Grim Green and Vast Heaven and gasped in amazement.

  Grim Green and Vast Heaven were the most outstanding elites in Towering Palace.

  Ever since they lost to the mysterious man in black, they experienced a deep shock, and they fought against Inaction Realm martial artists every day in the prison within the headquarters in order to figure out the profundity of their martial artists and the techniques they could use to fight against their enemies.

  Over the past few days, they finally gained some epiphanies and arrived at some breakthroughs.

  But the people sent from America had casually sent a few people to the ring and caught the duo in a hard fight. Instead, Shangguan Lian and Hai Dongqing, who had kept a low profile ever since Vast Heaven joined, could fight those people to a tie and exchange blows with them tit for tat.

  The elites of Towering Palace were dumbfounded.

  The American Chinese had smug expressions on their faces stating that this was always supposed to happen and they could not be blamed for being so prideful.

  Due to their training, they had acc.u.mulated a lot of experience and built a good foundation. When they entered the game, their innate Affinity was also very good, so they had an easy time when they trained. While playing the game, they adopted the style of fighting quickly and winning against those who were stronger than them.

  The only distance between them was their equipment.

  Most of the higher ups of Towering Palace were equipped with dazzling third-echelon equipment, while the American server had only recently begun to excavate ores in large quantities, so they were far behind the Chinese server in this regard.

  But there were only a few people from Towering Palace who could fight against them. Even if the others had equipment advantage over them, they were still not Dragon Sect's opponents!

  Two people were watching the fight from the crowd formed by the American Chinese while they discussed softly among themselves.

  "Those elites on Dragon Rank are all bark but no bite. I think we can absolutely carry out the second plan."

  The first plan was that once the Dragon Sect elites entered the Chinese server, they would affiliate themselves with Towering Palace and use the good, fertile land of the Chinese server to cultivate a group of high-class forgemasters and herbalists as well as form a long-term business relationship with Towering Palace.

  As for the second plan, it showed their great ambitions.

  They wanted to set a branch in the Chinese server, but they first needed a suitable spokesperson so that they could stay in the Chinese server and compete against the other sects for the world.

  When the people from Dragon Sect saw Towering Palace's strength, they were filled with indignation because they were known as one of the four top-class sects, and that included the two people in the crowd.

  'They managed to be among the top in the Chinese server with this strength? If Dragon Sects settled in the Chinese server…

  'Hmph!'

  At that moment, someone suddenly rushed over hastily, and he quickly made his way to the Music sisters, who were on the stairs.

  Chapter 727 - Mu Clan Branch

  Originally, the Music sisters were very delighted over the arrival of Dragon Sect's elites, but as an elder who was in charge of peripheral defenses said a few words hastily, their expressions changed drastically, and Clear Music asked with a somber tone, "Are you sure?"

  "They have already set up their branch." The young elder also had an incredibly somber expression, and he nodded without hesitation. "The person who led the team is Silver Wolf, but I couldn't tell just how many people there were. Since this is a very important matter, I didn't dare interfere with it readily and came back in a hurry to report it."

  Bang!

  The tea table shattered, and Clear Music stood up resolutely. "That guy… I don't care that he refused to show any respect to Samsung Group's Miss Son, but he actually dared to come and oppress us so publicly?! He's going overboard!"

  "Big sister, don't be in such a hurry to come to a conclusion. I think that it's because Happy is frustrated by lack of action even though we made our decision." Musical Note looked at her older sister with a worried expression. "Things have not reached the point where it's too late for us to turn the tables. Let's go and talk to Happy so that we can figure out their intentions—"

  "What else is there to see?! He's already at our doorstep!" Clear Music's expression was full of anger, and her face was livid with rage.

  "Palace Master Music, what happened?" Han Lin, the person in charge of Dragon Sect, turned around and cast a glance at the group behind him. "Dragon Sect can be considered to be allies with Towering Palace, so your troubles are ours too. If you have some place where you require our assistance, please do not hesitate to ask."

  Dragon Sect had been troubled by the fact that they had not been able to find a chance to enter the Chinese server and gain a thorough understanding of its player sects, so once they got it, they were not going to let go of it easily.

  "We still haven't gotten the full picture yet, so we won't trouble you. Once we truly need you, we will not hesitate to ask for help. At that time, we do hope that you will not refuse to offer a helping hand."

  When Musical Note saw Clear Music's expression, she knew that the situation was bad, so she quickly took over the conversation to refuse Han Lin's request for interference.

  "We still have matters to attend to today. Please walk about Yangzhou as you please and admire the scenery. Once we return, we can talk about the details of the union."

  Musical Note dragged her older sister and a group of higher ups out of the training hall. They only left a few people to accompany Dragon Sect.

  The elites from Dragon Sect stayed where they were in silence.

  "This must be related to Mu Clan for Towering Palace to be so troubled…"

  "We've already witnessed Towering Palace's strength. Now, I'm a little eager to witness the strength of Mu Clan's elites. Why don't we go over and take a look?" a young man suggested to a middle-aged man behind the crowd.

  The middle-aged man was stunned. "Could it be?"

  "Before I came to the Chinese server, I contacted a few friends over here. They're currently in Yangzhou, and they told me something through the messenger pigeon. It should be the reason why Towering Palace is so mad right now."

  "Oh." The middle-aged man's eyes lit up.

  The thirty or so elites from Dragon Sect walked out of the training hall one after another and left the hea
dquarters. They moved through the streets and arrived at a branch that was bustling with activity.

  CRACKLE!

  The sound of firecrackers rang in their ears, and a celebratory plate could be seen hanging over the door of a brand new mansion.

  Clearly, a new branch had joined Yangzhou City.

  Based on how the players nearby surged over, it had to have a great background. All of the large and small sects in Yangzhou came over to congratulate them.

  "Hey, they sure are parading their wealth."

  The group had already changed their attire, making them look like Chinese wanderers. Since they also had pure oriental looks, they did not attract anyone's attention.

  There were two rounds of more than one hundred martial artists standing in front of the mansion. They stood in the form of an upside down V in a mighty manner to receive the congratulations from different sects and players from Yangzhou who came up to them nonstop. The person in charge of the event had not personally come outside the mansion, but even so, many people were stunned by the grand lineup.

  "There sure are a lot of people here. Did all the leaders of the sects in Yangzhou come here?"

  "Of course. The branch they set up here has incredible meaning." Someone next to Dragon Sect heard their discussion, and he could not help but b.u.t.t in.

  The middle-aged man who had a gentle look on his face shook his head slightly before he took the initiative to speak, "Oh? Why did you say that? Please tell me."

  The speaker did not pay attention to stuff. He just went along with the conversation and said, "Towering Palace occupies the cities and resources in the coastal area, and there's an unspoken rule among the four top-class sects that they will not enter each other's territory. No one has ever broken this iron rule, but now, Mu Clan has publicly set up a branch in the coastal area.

  "But that's not all, they set up their branch in Yangzhou, the center of Towering Palace's territory, where their headquarters are. I don't reckon that this is a simple matter. By the looks of it, Towering Palace might have offended Mu Clan again. If not, Mu Clan is thinking about attacking Towering Palace first."

  Silence fell among the Dragon Sect group. They s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths, and their expressions turned grave.

  But once the speaker started talking, he found it hard to stop. He cast a glance around him before he whispered, "I heard that Mu Clan sent Silver Wolf to personally lead this branch, and he's the strongest after Happy. He also brought quite a lot of powerhouses. There's no need for me to even mention the meaning behind such actions."

  "What do you mean?"

  "You don't know?"

  The middle-aged man said nothing.

  "Ahem. I should have known at first glance that you're either new or came from other countries. Let me phrase it this way. If Mu Clan really fights against Towering Palace, Towering Palace will definitely lose. There's no doubt about it.

  "Once that happens, Mu Clan will be the one to call the shots in the coastal area. The local sects are either worried that they will be dragged into the mess or about their own resources."

  "They're all top-class sects, and Mu Clan is so domineering? What is Towering Palace made of? Paper?"

  The people from Dragon Sect could not quite believe what they were hearing.

  Even though they did not regard Towering Palace's strength highly, it was still a sect with hundreds of thousands of people in Life and Death Realm. It also had quite a lot of people on Dragon and Phoenix Ranks, so it should not be so weak as to be unable to fight back, right?

  "They're not at the same level at all." The speaker laughed coldly. "The sisters from Towering Palace might have some good strategies and have gathered quite a number of good players to their side, but Happy already gave them a warning more than one month ago. At that time, he came alone to their headquarters and left with his body intact.

  "Then, Towering Palace lost quite a number of cities in the southern part of the coastal area. Right now, if Mu Clan attacks at full strength, it'll be the same as them saying that they'll rid of them as quickly as possible."

  The people from Dragon Sect were silent. All of them furrowed their eyebrows, and thoughts raced in their heads.

  If it was just something said by some random player, they would definitely not believe it!

  But when they saw the lineup and how the sects from Yangzhou were not the only ones who came to congratulate Mu Clan, because some of the sects from nearby cities had come over to send their gifts as well,, they realized that if the two sects really fought, Towering Palace would have a hard time dealing with Mu Clan.

  If Dragon Sect formed an alliance with Towering Palace at this moment…

  'This Happy seems like someone powerful.'

  If Towering Palace ran into an accident, their reputation would plummet, and it would be difficult for Dragon Sect to work together with them.

  While they thought about what should be their next move, a small uproar suddenly broke out among the people on the streets.

  "Look, the people from Towering Palace are here!"

  "Someone has decided to stick a thorn right in their flesh, so of course they can't be happy. We'll have something fun to watch!"

  "Let's see how Towering Palace handles this."

  Chapter 728 - Dragon Sect

  "Towering Palace offers their gift!"

  Once the people from Towering Palace came, clear disorder and unrest appeared outside the branch. Some of the sects quickly hid themselves, and temporary calm returned to the situation.

  Even though the setting up of Mu Clan's branch made everyone believe that Towering Palace was in a bad situation, Towering Palace was still a giant that they could not hope to touch.

  They did not dare to get involved in the conflict!

  Besides, Towering Palace had brought out a group of elites, and Musical Note even personally led the team. Their lineup was not shabby, and quite a number of sects sensed that things were about to become chaotic.

  "I see, so you have come over here personally, Palace Master Music. I suppose I should show my respect."

  A clear and loud voice came from the branch and traveled into the ears of all those outside. The discussions raging outside instantly calmed down.

  Whoosh!

  All gazes were gathered on a group of people who walked out of the branch with a majestic gait.

  The person leading the group had an incomplete silver mask covering his face. There was an indescribably mighty air about him when he stood straight, and he instantly gathered all the people's gazes.

  "People said that you are the one personally managing the branch Mu Clan set up here in Yangzhou. I didn't believe it, but it seems it is real. I wonder what you have to say about coming to Yangzhou."

  There was slight anger on Musical Note's face.

  Mu Clan's act of setting up a branch in Yangzhou undoubtedly stuck a bone in Towering Palace's throat. There was no way they would not feel uncomfortable about this.

  When Silver Wolf heard her, his expression remained calm, and he stayed as cold and unaffected as ever.

  "Mu Clan's decisions and arrangements have always been made by the clan masters, and we as subordinates have never interfered with them."

  "Are you saying that it's Happy's order that you build your sect here in Yangzhou?" Musical Note became a little angry.

  Quite a number of people in the crowd pitied her.

  After all, Mu Clan was growing stronger day by day, and not too long ago, Clear Music had resigned from her spot as the palace master because she had offended Mu Clan. Clearly, they were on the weaker side in the negotiations.

  When the crowd saw how aggressive Mu Clan's Silver Wolf was and how pitiful Musical Note looked, they naturally felt that they should help her because things were unfair for her.

  "Two ladies are leading Towering Palace, and things are hard for them already. MuClan, why must you make things so difficult?"

  "That's right!"

  Silver Wolf said n
othing. He looked with a calm expression into Musical Note and Clear Music's eyes. "No one has any right to know Mu Clan's decisions or interfere with them. This is something that you and your sister do not seem to understand."

  "What do you mean?"

  "There's no meaning to it. I'm only reminding both of you that not too long ago, Snow Spirit, the disciple of Goryeo's Bright Sword Sect, ordered her subordinates to stir up the hatred for my clan master, Happy, at Yangzhou City so that she could gain benefits.

  "Once my clan master saw through it, he ordered us to chase after her, and he also told Snow Spirit as well as her subordinates that they were to leave China within twenty-four hours. This is something that you should remember, yes?"

  When he finished speaking, the people in the area were confused by what they heard.

  "What does this have to do with you building a branch in Yangzhou?"

  The two women's expressions changed. They did not expect that Silver Wolf would mention their dealings in public.

  Silver Wolf smiled faintly. "Indeed, there's no relationship between the two… but why did your palace interfere with the grudge between my clan master and Snow Spirit? Not only did you provide a hiding place for Mu Clan's enemy, you also pleaded for mercy for that sinister Goryeon woman. I'd like to ask just what sort of relationship you have with her."

  "She is a business partner. Since she asked us for a favor, we could only try to plead for mercy for her."

  "That's not something for you to decide. How should we know that she was not sent by your palace in order to harm my clan master?" Silver Wolf's expression was cold. "Besides, the matter with Three Dragons Guild has still not ended. Right now, you're trying to plead for mercy for an assassin. Don't you think the situation is very ludicrous?"

  Silence fell among the people.

  Musical Note and Clear Music instantly found their words stuck in their throats.

  Behind them, Shangguan Lian, Hai Dongqing, Vast Heaven, Grim Green, and the others had surprised looks. "Three Dragons Guild?"